High lights  include......10’ ceilings, abundant crown molding, tin ceiling in Family Room, Renaisance Revival Victorian furniture, Under floor hot water radiant heat, Central Air, Yellow Pine flooring, Solid wood stained doors and trim, 12’x27’ screened back porch, 8+ acres farm asessed surrounded by 60 acres of protected woods and wetlands, Victorian front porch, Fiber Cement siding, Plastic slate roof, Anderson windows and doors, 3 car detached garage with walk up loft, full size 8’ wall, poured concrete basement, Authentic Victorian detail through out vintagesignart@netzero.net Sign for Business, Farm and Home Vintage and Antique style signs More Pictures Events LINKS Victorian Era Homes....building Victorian Dream Homes For info, please call   Bill Stouch...609-841-0172 Construction started in 2002 and continued (on nights and weekends) until 2004. Doing most of the myself except for the framing, roof, drywall, wiring and plumbing, the project was very daunting to a fist time carpenter and professional signmaker. Needless to say there was a lot of “on the job” training but I believe it enhanced my skills as a carpenter and builder. Halfway through the project with my budget shrinking, the house seemed to get larger with every nail driven and I asked myself many times “what the hell did I get myself into?”   Perseverance paid dividends with the completion of every room. Although living in a house under construction is something I would not advise anyone to do, it did save a lot of money. The biggest drag on my time through the whole project was was the decision to mill all my own interior trim as well as alot of the exterior brackets and Victorian trim.  I wanted the house to be as authentic as possible so I copied all the patterns, depth and ornamentation of the 1870 Victorian I was living in at the time. The making, staining and varnishing  of the amount of trim needed for the 2 floors of the house was much more time consuming than I had ever planned, but again I estimated the savings at around $20,000. and I got the authentic, deep wood look of a Victorian house. The most enjoyable projects were the crown molding and painting along with installing the Bradbury and Bradbury wall papers.    Today the project continues with big plans for a Solarium and a car port as time and money allows. Thank you for dropping by and any “weekend warriors” with projects similar are invited to e-mail their stories and will post them here...again, thanks....  “BuilderBill”